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Ebb

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Recede; lessen

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Ebullient

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Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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Ecclesiastic

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Pertaining to church

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Ecologist

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A person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

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Efface

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Erase

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Effeminate

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Having womanly traits

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Effete

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Worn out; exhausted; barren

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Efficacy

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Power to produce desired effect

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Effluvium

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Noxious smell

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness

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Egoism

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Excessive interest in one’s self; belief that one should be interested in oneself

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Egregious

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Notorious; very bad or shocking

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation; dirge

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Elicit

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Evoke; draw out by discussion

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Ellipsis

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Omission of words understood from a context

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Elliptical

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Oval; ambiguous on purpose or by omission of key words

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Eloquence

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Expressiveness; persuasive speech

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Elysian

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Relating to paradise; blissful

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Embargo

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Ban on commerce or other activity

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Embattled

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Ready for battle; in a state of defense

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Embellish

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Ornament; adorn

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Embroil

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Throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle

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Emetic

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Substance causing vomiting

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Emollient

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Soothing or softening remedy

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Empirical

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Based on experience; practical

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Encipher

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Encode

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Encomium

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High praise; eulogy

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Encroachment

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Gradual intrusion

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Endemic

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Prevailing among a specific group of people, or in a specific area or country

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Enfranchise

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Admit to the rights of citizenship

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Enhance

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Increase; improve

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Enigma

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Puzzle; mystery

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Ennui

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Bordem

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Ensconce

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Hide away; settle comfortably

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Entomology

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Study of insects

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Entree

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Right to enter

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Environ

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Enclose; surround

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Eon

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Long period of time; an age

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Epaulet

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Ornament worn on the shoulder

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived; fleeting

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Episodic

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Loosely connected; dividided into incidents

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Epistemologist

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Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

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Epitaph

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Enscription in memory of a dead person

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Epithet

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Word or phrased characteristically used to describe a person or thing. "The Conquerer"

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Epitome

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Perfect example or embodiment

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Equanimity

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Calmness of temperament; composure; levelheadedness

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Equestrian

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Rider on horseback

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Equivocate

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Avoid an issue; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

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Erratic

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Odd; unpredictable

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Erudite

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Scholarly; learned

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Eschew

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Avoid on purpose

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few

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Etymology

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Study of word parts

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Eugenic

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Pertaining to the designed improvement of a race

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Euology

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Expression of praise, usually for a dead person

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Euphemism

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Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

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Euphoria

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Feeling of great happiness and well being

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Euthanasia

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Mercy killing

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Evanescent

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Fleeting; vanishing

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Evocative

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Tending to call up from memory; suggestive

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Exacerbate

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Worsen; embitter

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Exchequer

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Financial institution, treasury

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Excoriate

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Scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off

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Exegesis

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Explanation, especially of a biblical text

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Exigency

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Urgency; difficulty

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Exiguous

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Small, minute

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Exonerate

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Acquit; exculpate

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Expatiate

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Talk at length

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Expatriate

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Exile; someone who has withdrawn from their native land

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Expiate

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To make amends for (sin)

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Expository

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Explanatory; serving to explain

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Expunge

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Canceal; remove

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Extemporaneous

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Impromptu; immediate

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Extraneous

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Not essential; superfluous

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Extrinsic

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External; not essential; extraneous

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Extrude

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Force or push out

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Exuberant

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Abundant; effusive; lavish